We give you the scuttlebutt on academic journals—aiding you in selecting the right journal for publication—in reviews that are sometimes snarky, sometimes lengthy, always helpful. Written by Princeton University graduate students and Wendy Laura Belcher.

For those interested in publishing short articles on Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian (and other romance) language literatures. Published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing articles examining modernism, especially from an interdisciplinary or international perspective. Founded in 2005, Modernist Cultures is a relatively new journal, … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing articles about or relating to music theory and analysis, including aesthetics, critical theory and hermeneutics, history of theory, post-tonal theory, … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing articles that address the relationship between politics and issues of race, ethnicity, immigration and indigeneity. The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing articles that examine empirically-driven sociological research questions. Social Forces publishes research by established scholars in the field as well as … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing articles that explore the politics of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, class and other dimensions of identity and structural disadvantage. “Politics, … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing articles that address political theory, American politics, public policy, public administration, comparative politics, and international relations. American Political Science Review … Continue reading →

For those interesting in publishing articles that engage with the disciplinary debates and methodological commitments of anthropology, ethnography, and cultural analysis. Anthropology Quarterly is a … Continue reading →

For social-justice-minded African Americanists and black studies scholars interested in publishing articles that address the intellectual debates of scholars and activists within the modern African … Continue reading →

For those who would like to publish scholarly articles on nineteenth-century French literature, culture, and social/political issues. NCFS is independent journal that purports to publish … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing articles with a broad, humanistic understanding of American culture, particularly if it engages in cross-disciplinary work. American Quarterly is the official … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing transnational, transdisciplinary research with a strong theoretical component (especially Marxist) on cultural production as it appears in words, images, and sounds, … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing critical interventions on race, racism, and imperialism with a particular disciplinary focus in anthropology, social science, and the humanities. This … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing articles that creatively and/or critically engage with the work of African Americans and peoples of African descent throughout the African Diaspora. … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing philosophically, theoretically, and critically rich articles with an attention to unpacking aspects of identity formation as being central to understanding … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing theoretically rigorous articles with an attention to critically engaging inequality and difference (social, cultural) as it manifests in various ways … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing ethnographically based articles with an attention to critically engaging politics/the political and law/legality as it relates issues of public/civil society, citizenship, … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing theoretically rigorous and critically engaged articles with an attention both to a re/articulation of the anthropological tradition and pushing the … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing theoretically rigorous, text-based articles with ethnography remaining secondary, and with an attention to clarity in writing and contemporary problems, especially ethically/morally … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing articles that address issues of how to create successful multicultural societies. The journal addresses the inherent problems with building such societies, including issues … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing publishes articles on genocides using a comparative lens and from a sociological, historical, or political-science perspective. The journal covers a wide range of … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing articles using a historical or sociological perspective to address any topic dealing with the Holocaust. Although the title says the journal also focuses on “Genocide … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing theoretically rigorous articles with large claims on different national or linguistic literatures and with a focus on transmission or circulation. … Continue reading →

For those interested in publishing a traditionally structured article (historical/ theoretical background followed by close reading); if you’re working in the 19th century, write about … Continue reading →